TY - BOOK AU - Lockley,Steven W. AU - Foster,Russell G. TI - Sleep: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780199587858 (pbk.) AV - QP425 .L63 2012 U1 - 612.821 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Sleep N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index; Sleep through the ages -- Sleep generation and regeneration -- The sleeping brain -- The reasons for sleep -- The seven ages of sleep -- When sleep suffers -- Sleep and health -- Society and sleep -- The 24-hour society N2 - "This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes and consequences of major sleep disorders."--Publisher's web site ER -